Method and system for selling authorizations
First Claim
1. A method for selling authorizations for an event, in particular for various types of tickets, comprising the steps of:
- defining a sellable authorization in a database connected to an area server associated with a venue of the event, said sellable authorization including a sellable price quotation of a ticket for the event;
a user calling up an address relating to the event on a Web server;
the Web server retrieving a sellable price quotation from the database of the area server via a secure connection and displaying the sellable price quotation to the user;
the user producing a ticket corresponding to a sold authorization; and
an access reader communicating with the area server and receiving from the area server data representing sold authorizations, said access reader recognizing the authorized ticket.
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Abstract
In a method and a system for selling authorizations for events or the like, particularly for various types of tickets, sellable authorizations are defined in databases, and an advance booking agency or a purchaser accesses via the Internet the database for reserving and/or purchase of the authorizations. The venues are equipped with admission readers for identifying tickets provided in the form of data carriers, and the admission readers of each venue communicate with an area server, which includes a database of the sold authorizations for this venue. The servers are connected via a network, for example the Internet. The advance booking agencies or private users connect to a Web server by entering suitable addresses. The Web server retrieves the sellable price quotation from the database of the area server over a secure connection, and displays the sellable price quotation on the display of the advance booking office.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for selling authorizations for an event, in particular for various types of tickets, comprising the steps of:
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defining a sellable authorization in a database connected to an area server associated with a venue of the event, said sellable authorization including a sellable price quotation of a ticket for the event;
a user calling up an address relating to the event on a Web server;
the Web server retrieving a sellable price quotation from the database of the area server via a secure connection and displaying the sellable price quotation to the user;
the user producing a ticket corresponding to a sold authorization; and
an access reader communicating with the area server and receiving from the area server data representing sold authorizations, said access reader recognizing the authorized ticket. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for selling authorizations for an event, in particular for various types of tickets, comprising:
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a Web server connected to a network;
a client server connected to the Web server via the network and receiving input from and displaying contents to a user;
an area server connected to the Web server via a secure connection and associated with a venue of the event, a database connected to the area server and comprising sellable authorizations and sellable price quotations of a ticket for the event; and
an access reader communicating with the area server and receiving from the area server data representing sold authorizations, said access reader adapted to recognize the authorized ticket, wherein the Web server, based on input from the user, retrieves a sellable price quotation from the database of the area server and displays the sellable price quotation to the user. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A computer system for selling authorizations for events or the like, in particular various types of the tickets, comprising
one or more regional servers being connected to the Internet and having databases defining the sellable authorizations, one or more admission readers located at a venue of an event for identifying tickets provided in the form of data carriers, the admission readers of each venue communicating with a regional server associated with the venue, with the database of the regional server including sold authorizations for the venue, and a Web server in communication via the Internet with one or more advance booking agencies or a private user, wherein an advance booking agency or private user calls up a suitable address on the Web server, which Web server retrieves a sellable price quotation from the database of the regional server via a secure connection and displays the sellable price quotation on a display of the advance booking agency or private user.
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